Eglomise Glass & Silver-Gilt Bookcase

(Eastern Europe, 20th Century)

Eglomise Glass & Silver-Gilt Bookcase

A charming English bookcase or secretary, silver-gilt frame with verre eglomise glass panels depicting beautiful pattern of scrolls, the doors open to a walnut interior of cubby holes, over a drop-down slant front opens to a writing surface, atop four graduating drawers veneered with glass panels, all raised on braceket feet. The mirror appears to be added later.